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disappeared during the present session and no opposition whatever 

 developed against the bill before Congress. 



It is believed that this measure will aid very greatly in the stand- 

 ardization of the leading insecticides and fungicides and in deter- 

 ring many parties from marketing worthless or fraudulent insec- 

 ticides. 



It is to be earnestly hoped that any states which may pass legisla- 

 tion along this line will frame their laws as closely as possible in the 

 language and with the standards of the national law as this will 

 tend to uniformity and will greatly aid the manufacturers in labelling 

 their goods. It would seem that with this national law there would 

 be but little call for additional legislation in most states, but where 

 state laws are deemed necessary there is every reason for uniformity. 



E. D. Sanderson. Chairman. 



[At the request of the chairman, the law is reproduced below. — Ed.] 



SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS 

 [Public— No. 152.] 



[S. 6131.] 



An Act For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of 

 adulterated or misbranded Paris greens, lead arsenates, and other insecticides, and also 

 fungicides, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any 

 person to manufacture within any Territory or the District of Columbia any 

 insecticide, Paris green, lead arsenate, or fungicide which is adulterated or 

 misbranded within the meaning of this Act; and any person who shall violate 

 any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed two hundred dollars for 

 the first offense, and upon conviction for each subsequent offense be fined not 

 to exceed three hundred dollars, or sentenced to imprisonment for not to 

 exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the 

 court. 



Sec. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or the District 

 of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, 

 or from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country, of any 

 insecticide, or Paris green, or lead arsenate, or fungicide which is adulterated 

 or misbranded within the meaning of this Act is hereby prohibited; and 

 any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any State or Ter- 

 ritory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the 

 District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or who shall receive in any 

 State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or 

 Territory or the District of Columbia, or foreign country, and having so 

 received, shall deliver, in original unbroken packages, for pay or otherwise, 

 or offer to deliver, to any other person, any such article so adulterated or 

 misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall sell or 

 offer for sale in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United 

 States any such adulterated or misbranded insecticide, or Paris green, or lead 



